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Genesis 11:27-32

Genesis 11:27-32

With Bryan Schneider · Sharon RP Church

Published January 27, 2023

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Thank the Lord for the day and privilege of coming to his Word, asking the Father to watch over us and reveal his plan of redemption.

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Terah’s Descendants

27 This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 Then Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

31 And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. 32 So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.




The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Ge 11:27-32

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What Is This Passage About?

Terah's genealogy narrows the biblical story to Abram, Sarai, and Lot. Terah leads them from Ur toward Canaan but settles in Haran and dies there. His death does not end God's promise: Abram remains alive, and the family line continues toward the promised seed, Jesus Christ, through whom the earlier word of redemption will be fulfilled.

B — Best Verse

Which Verse Best Summarizes the Passage?

Genesis 11:27

This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Bryan explicitly chooses verse 27. It opens Terah's genealogy and names Abram, the person through whom the redemptive line and covenant promises will now advance.

C — Called or Christ

C — Christ Connection

Have faith that God knows what he is doing, be patient with his timing, and rejoice that the promised seed has already come in Jesus Christ. Trust that death and delay cannot overturn God's redemptive plan.

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Genesis 11:27-32

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Terah’s Descendants

27 This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 Then Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

31 And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. 32 So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.




The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Ge 11:27-32

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